| Agnes Jebet Ngetich | |
| Nationality: | Kenyan |
| Birth Date: | 23 January 2001 |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long-distance running |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Agnes Jebet Ngetich (born January 23, 2001)[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won two medals at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships with bronze in the senior women's race and team gold.[2] In January 2024, she improved the women’s world record for a 10 km run by 28 seconds with a time of 28:46. She also broke the 5km women’s world record in a mixed-gender race by passing the 5km mark in 14:13, 6 seconds faster than the previous world record.[3] [4]
At 16, Ngetich placed 8th in the 2017 Under-20 Kenya National Cross Country. That same year, she finished 6th in the World Youth Trials, clocking 9:13.0 over 3000 meters.[5]
In February 2018, Ngetich rose to 4th place in the Under-20 Kenya National Cross Country. Shortly after, she secured another 4th position at the Under-20 Africa Cross Country Championship in Algeria, contributing to Kenya's Team Gold win.[6]
In March 2019, aged 18, Ngetich won the 5000 metres at the Kenya African Under-20 Trials.
In September 2022, Ngetich finished runner-up to Sheila Chepkirui at the Brasov Running Festival 10 km road race in Brașov, Romania.[7]
On 18 February 2023, aged 22, Ngetich won the bronze medal in the individual race and gold in the team standings at the World Cross Country Championships held in Bathurst, Australia.[8] [9] [10]
In September 2023, Ngetich broke the women-only world 10km record in the Transylvania 10km in Brasov, Romania, with a time of 29:24. This surpassed the previous mark of 30:01 set by Agnes Tirop in Herzogenaurach in 2021. Ngetich completed the first 5km in 14:25, which was four seconds faster than the previous women-only world record over this distance. The same month, the organizers of the run released a statement that the distance of the run was 25 m short which led to a non-record-eligible course.[11]
On January 14, 2024, Ngetich set a world record for the 10 km run by a woman in a mixed-gender race. At the 10 K Valencia, she improved on the former WR by Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethopia) set in 2022 by 28 seconds. Ngetich had a finishing time of 28:46. Her performance was faster than Letesenbet Gidey’s 10,000 m world record with 29:01.03. She also improved the world record for the 5 km run by a woman in a mixed-gender race as she went through the 5km checkpoint in 14:13, 6 seconds faster than the previous record set by Ethiopia’s Ejgayehu Taye in 2021.[4]
At the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia she finished in fifth place as Kenya won team gold.[12]